teacher - guru गुरु
Hello Everyone,
Namaste नमस्ते
Good morning to all of you, I am Shipra Gupta from India. I am an online tutor who takes Hindi lessons online. I am very thankful to all the listeners for such a great response and for sending me all your queries.
So let’s start the work for today.
The word for today is teacher— guru गुरु .We all know this word very well. Now let’s break the word to learn it.g+u+r+u = गु+ रु
If we concentrate on this we will be able to say it easily. Let me take a sentence for learning more –Ram is my guru. राम मेरे गुरु हैं़.
I am sure everyone is able to understand it clearly
See you all tomorrow.
bye n अलिवदा
sara rovira said,
July 8, 2008 @ 9:51 am
How do you say teacher in Hindi? Teacher as in school is adhyapak. Male is adhyapak and female is adhyapika.
The word guru is not only teacher, this word means a lot of more, guru is bigger,much bigger, well guru is someone you give yourself to, that will liberate you and show you the path to god; he is a mother, father , teacher , brother, everything in one. It is a spiritual guide. Who teaches you the way of life. How you can attain the spiritual way even in your normal life. Guru needs not be educated but he may be wise.
Doesn’t have translation. Guru is guru in english. Guru is a hindi word and it is accepted as guru in English literature.
marged said,
September 22, 2008 @ 7:10 pm
You are right Sara, but in India I’ve heard people calling the school teacher guru also sometimes, and by the way, the word guru in the West has been spoiled, while in India, the traditional educational system is getting lost. The word guru comes from a Sanskrit root meaning ‘important, heavy (in importance)’.